Knowing that “all proceeds from this release are being donated to Last
Chance for Change, an organization dedicated to fighting police brutality and
racial injustices in Syracuse, NY,” kind of puts it in perspective. We’re
angry. We’re ready for change. And we make loud and brutal music to punctuate
our stance. That’s what Fed Ash is saying anyway. Fed Ash is confronting
traumas, diurnal and other, head on.
Holding a mirror to reflect those traumas inflicted upon the powerless
by those with power, Fed Ash whips together a seething mass of rage and
launches its power out into the world. Drawing from crust, grindcore, and death
metal, and sprinkled with just enough
noise and samples to allow me to add the word “experimental” to this review,
the quartet gears itself up and to full-on molten efficiency and blisters
speakers and eardrums along the way. If only protesters could blast Diurnal Traumas on repeat at a high decibel
level and aim it at oppressors!
And we see everything on screen, every day, right in front of us. We
feel helpless. That’s why a band like Fed Ash, destructively vicious and
unflinchingly feral, can swoop in and provide catharsis. Knowing that they
stand with those most in need of assistance is an added bonus. There’s safety
in likemindedness, and there’s inspiration and fortification too. And heavy,
heavy music.
https://orbtapes.bandcamp.com/
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